PAG9 FOB THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1940 PAG11~ rorn WEDNESOAY, MAIWH 13, 1940 "IE MICHIGAN DAILY Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arljor, Michigan, as second class mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school yea by carrier, $4.06; by mail, $4.50. AtPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVEki.sING BY National Advertisng Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO Bos on I Los A GELE5- SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 Editorial Staff Carl Petersen Ellirtet Maraniss Stan M. Swinton Morton L. Linder Norman A. Schorr Dennis.Flanagan John N. CahavOan Ann Vicary . Mel Fineberg . R s Managing. Editor Editorial Director . . City Editor . Associate Editor . Associate Editor . Associate Editor . Associate Editor . Women's Editor . Sports Editor . Paul R. Park Ganson P. Taggart Zenovia Skoratko . Jane Mowers . Harriet S. Levy Business Staff Business Manager . Asst. Business Mgr., Credit Manager Women's Business Manager Women's Advertising Manager. Publications Manager . . I NIGHT EDITOR: PAUL M. CHANDLER The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. More Correlation In SRA Lectures .. . T HE STUDENT Religious Association has brought to a close another ser- ies of lectures by nationally known speakers who this year discussed the question, "The Existence and Nature of Religion." There were four men in the series, Prof. Anton J. Carlson of the University of Chicago, Prof. Walter M. Horton of Oberlin College, the Rev. Paul Hanley of Catholic University and Rabbi Louis L. Main of Chicago's Sinai Temple and the University of Chicago.- All the speakers presented interesting and informative talks and were well-received. All the lectures were quite well integrated unties. The question that comes to the listener's mind, however, is, "Were all the men speaking on the same subject?" Broadly speaking; each man took as his text the title posed by the SRA-"The Existence and Nature of Religion." And it must be ad- mitted that all spoke on this subject. But, as is often the case when dealing with broad sub- jects, the lecturers frequently went off on tan- gents, not confining themselves merely to the questions raised by previous speakers. Professor Carlson, taking what may be termed the view- point of a scientist, gave some of the reasons why he could not believe in institutionalized religion, and his reasoning was based on the failure. of religion to prove its -claims scientific- ally. He said little about those scientists who are neverthelessm most religious, and, at a few points, he did not stop to prove conclusively his statements. Altogether however, his lecture was helpful to the University student since it posed and attembted to answer, several of the doubts held by most normal, developing college students. COLLEGE studlents Want to know, to clear some of the puzzling questions confronting them. For some, Professor Carlson prvided an answer. But, for a great many othes, the doubt increased greatly in consequence of this lec- ture. And, so, they went to the subsequent lec- tures, hoping that some of those questions would be answere. But the only speaker to deal specifically with the faults in religion that Professor Carlson found was the Catholic speaker, Father Furfey . Father Furfey based his reply on the place of taith in the Catholic's system of beliefs and held that if one has it, he can believe in all the dogma of the church. His objections to Professor Carlson's stand were quite logical and well- presented, but listeners felt that one had first to be a Catholic before he could hold with Father Furfey. If one had the Faith of which Father Furfey spoke, he could believe in religion, but how to get that Faith is perplexing. The non- believer can see that the Catholic has perfect' reason to believe in the way he does, but how can the non-believer, himself, become religious? That was not answered; GAIN, Professor Horton and Rabbi Mann delivered excellent lectures in which a more personal religion was explained. That in which one believes is some sort of religion, and no man can go long without one. This is probably true, but it brings one no closer to an appre- hension of the value of institutionalized religion. The opinion that a collection of one's beliefs and ethics is ene's religion is perfectly legiti- mate, but, in the end, it concerns definition annhr That man who snake ue nf ceartain hlifs' 'War looM Economy And Relief .. . WAS last September that Neville Chamberlain read his famed "war message" to Parliament and to the world, and America realied that once again Euruope was at war. That knowledge unquestionably deeply pained the American people. But that pain was not unmitigated. For, to the American nation which in the early fall has just experienced its tenth year of almost incessant depression, a new war in Europe rekindled hope for immediate recovery. And "war boom" became the by-word of the moment, promising a panacea to all of the nation's economic ills. Though most of the nation realized that a war boom was economically unsound, that it must inevitably result in another depression, perhaps far worse than the present one, the U.S. of September, 1939, was willing to gamble. With its fingers crossed and its hope reinvig- orated, with its President and Congress basing much of the relief slashes on the assumption that the "war boom" would take up the indus- trial slack, the nation eagerly awaited an eco- nomic renaissance based upon sales to belligerent countries. T ODAY, March, 1940, it becomes increasingly evident that the expected "war boom" has not materialized. There was, of course, a marked up-swing in business activity in the latter part of 1939, a rise based upon the expectations of great war orders. But in 1940 business has again slumped. According to the Federal Reserve Bulletin for March of this year: "In Janaury and February business activity declined from the high level reached in the last quarter of 1939. Industrial production, and particularly output of steel and some other basic materials, decreased contrary to the usual seasonal trends. Consequently, the Board's seasonally adjusted index, which fluctuates to a large extent with output of basic materials, fell sharply from a peak of 128 in December to 119 in January, and, according to preliminary estimates, to 109 in February. Employment and payrolls and dis- tribution of commodities have also declined since December." In the Federal Reserve Bulletin for February, it is pointed out: "In the steel industry ingot output has declined from the exceptionally high rate of 90 per cent of capacity during the end of 1939 to about 77 per cent toward the end of January. The high rate of output in the fourth quarter (end of 1939) was in response to a large volume of orders received in September and October mainly from domestic buyers wishing to assure themselves of ample supplies at exist- ing prices." THE eagerly awaited "war boom", then, has not materialized; nor does it seem likely that any form of "war boom" will eventuate as long as Britain remains firm in its buying policies, For it can be justly said that it is Britain's war-time buying policies that are fundamentally responsible for the failure of American business to receive war orders. First, Britain has maintained a policy of buy- ing, as much as possible, within the Empire. In the present war, Britain, more than ever before ,needs the utmost. support from everyone of her dominions and colonies. England, there- fore, knowing that economic ties are the strong- est links in the Empire, must buy as much as possible from her dominions (even if those goods could be bought at better quality and lower prices in the United States), in orde first, to keep the dominions dependent upon the "mother country," and, second, as a mild form of subsidy to gain military support. SECONDLY, England has been using her buy' ing power as a means toward the attainment of military and political ends. The recently concluded Turkish-British alliance well exem- plifies this practice. Under one of the main terms of this agreement, England contracted to buy Turkish tobacco to take the place of British iniports of American tobacco. In this case, Turkey's aid as an ally was considered, under war-time exigencies, far more important than the Englishman's taste for American to- bacco. Nor has the outbreak of war greatly helped America's exports to South America. It was ex- pected that Britain's blockade would prevent German trade with the Latin-American nations and that Britain too, under the demands of a war-economy, would be forced to forego much of its trade with Soith America. German trade, as was expected, ceased almost entirely with South: America; but rather than the U.S. taking over the German trade, Britain has assumed those exports. The failure of a war boom to eventuate, therefore, makes the slashing of relief appra-- priations an even greater fallacy. For it was to a great extent upon the assumption of greater business activity due to war orders, that the President and Congress acted in cutting relief. And when that "war boom" fails to materialize, the tragedy of relief curtailment becomes more apparent.-- Laurence Mascott Editorial Fiom The Past With another excellent and diversified pro- gram already mapped out, the thirty-third meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters will convene in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. During the three-day meeting more than 100 papers will be contributed by members of the Academy. Devoted as it is to the interests of research and diffusion of knowledge, the annual meeting of the Academy has always proved to be one of the most memorable meetings in the year. A general concensus of opinion on the various problems in the field of philosophy, sociology, history, economics. and many other sciences. Of ALL Things... STRANGE things are going on. Strange things have been going on for a long while. But now even stranger things are going on. Reports frohi New York say that, in the past few days, thousands of young men have applied for pass- ports to go to England. Now, England is a na- tion at war; the Atlantic Ocean, what with mines, submarines and mermaids is not exactly the safest place in the world; and England it- self Isn't the most pleasant spot on the globe t visit at this particular time. Then why are all these young men clamoring to go abroad? As was mentioned above: strange things are going on. Well, Mr. Q. believes he has the answer and, as usual he offers it to his faithful readers at no increase in prices. A short time ago, the British Army command issued an order, refer- ring to various colored pass tickets and how they should be displayed and so forth. In part, the order reads: Members of the Women's Auxiliary Terri- toral Service will show their pink forms when called upon to do so. Gangway, when does that next boat leave! THE power of the press is sometimes amazing. It can make or break. It molds and unmolds. It shapes and disshapes. It is, in truth, a power- ful force. And especially is the Michigan Daily a potent organ. Take last Sunday's May Fes- tival Supplement, for example. For almost 15 years Rudolf Serkin has gone along, content with being one of the world's foremost concert pianists. He was very happy. He liked hiLs work. The piano and Rudolf got along famously. But then this terrific and amazing power that The Daily wields went into action and there appeared a story in the supplement with this head: Serkin Made Debut As Violin Soloist When 12 Years Old Poor Rudolf! All those years of faithful and diligent work gone to pot. And now he must scrape a fiddle all because The Daily has to be a powerful organ. FROM Northwestern, Mr. Q.'s agents report this amusiing tale: It seems a graduate stu- dent was going about his merry graduate way when he received a notice from the dean's office to the effect he was no longer a graduate stu- dent. He was, of course, a little amazed, so he hurried to the dean's office and faced that gen- tlemari somewhat in a daze. He was duly in- formed there was a little matter of gym work that he had neglected to do and which would have to be made up. Now this graduate student-or rather, former graduate studerit-wasn't exactly the athletic type; in fact, he thought it was all kind of silly and futile. So, he propositioned one of his more muscular friends to take a jaunt down to the gym a couple of times a week to do the required work. Welt, everything went fine; the work was completed and the former graduate was once again an honest-to-goodness alumnus. And once again he went along his merry graduate way. A few days after his reinstatement, he received another administrative call, this time from the head of the freshman gym staff. He went to the office, prepared to face the worst; "they've found out," he thought, envisioning leaving school to go to work. The gym director greeted him very cordially, however, and pounded him on the back as he entered the office. "Well, young man, how do you feel? Why, you look wonderful! That work was just what.. you needed, wasn't it?" So the -graduate student left the gym, drew in a few breaths of air and went home to slee' it off. Wagner Act Amendments Sharp and bitter division between majority and minority members of the special House committee that has turned in a preliminary re- port on its investigation of the National Labor Relations Board is evidence of the extremely controversial nature of the issue. It prefigures a fierce and acrimonious struggle. Amending the Wagner Act is, nevertheless. a subject that demands earnest consideration and determined effort toward a piractical settle- ment. It is well that the question is at last squarely before the Congress. It was Congress that plunged the nation into this controversy when, hastily and bunglingly, it fashioned and endorsed the present unworkable law. The courts, including the Supreme Court, have by every hint less blunt than outright command, sought to persuade Congress that it must correct its own mistakes. The public's attitude upon central issues of the controversy has also been made abundantly clear. And it can be said for the majority recom- mendation that in a number of respects, notably in its effort to separate the judicial and prospec- tive functions of the board, it seeks to give ex- pression to a popular demand. Yet in other respects the objections of the minority will be sustained by a large section of popular opinion. Cool-headed citizens will not at this time, we think, permit themselves to become too emotion- ally involved in controversies inspired by spe- cific sections of a prelimiinary report. Judgment needs to be reserved, at least, until the commit- tee .makes good its promise to provide a full outline of reasons for each recommendation. It is by no means sure that some entirely dif- cbe Drew Pearsot .RobertS.Alle WASHINGTON-One of the most significant factors behind the Fin- nish-Russian peace maPgeuvers is that they have been inspired in large part by the invisible hand of the No. 2 Nazi, Field Marshal Her- mann Goering. Acting for him is the most power- ful man in Scandinavia, Axel Wen- ner Gren, who has been a close friend of the German Air Minister ever since Goering married his first wife, the niece of Swedish Baron Rosen. Somewhere in the Finnish- Russian peace picture also (though the State Department denies it) may be Sumner Welles'. Wenner Gren, who controls the Bofors munitions company and is the richest man in Sweden, was on his yacht, the Southern Cross, in the harbor of Nassau a few weeks ago when he received a coded mes- sage from Goering. The cable asked him to take the same ship as Welles took on his peace mission. Wenner Gren flew to New York, boarded the Rex, and when he got to Rome,.saw Mussolini before Welles did. Then he proceeded through Swit- zerland with Welles to Berlin, where he still ris and where he has been throwing his weight behind an early peace. Business ganmst War Goering's and Wenner Gren's in- terest in Finnish peace is easy to understand. F om the viewpoint of the German army it would be just as disastrous to have Russia sweep through Finland and perhaps on to Sweden, as to have the Allies organ- ize an expeditionary force to stop Russia. In either case, Sweden's rich iron deposits wolud fall into the hands of a foreign power. What the German army wants is a relatively tranquil Russia, from which Germany can draw raw ma- terials. Also, the longer Russia is forced to continue fighting, the more vulnerable she becomes in the south, where are located the rich Batum oil fields, now invaluable to Ger- many. Similarly, an Allied expeditionary force sent through Sweden, perhaps turning that country into a battle- field, would ruin the Wenner Gren interests. He is chairman of the Swedish Celullose Company, took over a large part of the Krueger in- terests, and heads the Electrolux company, Swedish parent of the American subsidiaries which make vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Note-The peace activity of Axel Wenner Gren illustrates the attitude of big business in both Wall Street and London's City. Unlike the case in the last war, American bankers are ardent rooters for peace. This time not they but Uncle Sam, through Jesse Jones, is lending the money. Not only is there no dough in war, but if Nazi-Communism wins, the capitalistic systems stands in danger. Merry-Go-Round Hugh Wilson, who was recalled as U.S. Ambassador to Germany, hasn't a chance of going back. 'He has de- cided to gamble on a Republican victory next November. and has been flirting with the Republican National Committee. Roosevelt is down on him . . . Axel Wenner Gren, although a friend of Goering's, is quite pro- American. His dark-eyed, fascinat- ing wife comes from Kansas City .. . The Wenner Gren yacht, rescued 376 of the Athenia survivors last September . . . Also the Southern Cross, was the home of Greta Garbo during her recent stay in Florida and Bahamian waters. On it Greta ate copiously instead of dieting. Her dietician was trying to get her to put more weight around her shoul- ders . . . Greta's wardrobe aboard the Southern Cross was so meagre that she wore slacks most of the time. hardly had an evening dress. Friends attributed this to the fact that she never goes shopping-that means being starred at. Quaker Ambassador If and when new ambassadors are exchanged between the United States and Germany-as now seems prob- able-the man most likely to go to Berlin as U.S. envoy is a Quaker named Clarence Pickett. Pickett is head of the American Friends Service Committee, a friend of Mrs. Roosevelt's and also close to Myron Taylor, ex-chairman o United States Steel and now Amer- ican peace negotiator at the Vat- ican. Pickett's appointment as Ambas- sador to Germany is being promoted by these two powerful friends on the ground that the United States need, someone in Berlin who is in touch not merely with Nazi officialdom (Continued from Page 2) ments and Occupational Information has received notice of the following Michigan Civil Service examinations. Last date for filing application is noted in each case: Institution Recreation Instructor B, salary range $105-125, March 23. Institution Recreation Instructor A2, salary range $115-135, March 23. Institution Recreation Instructor Al, salary range $140-160, March 23. Library Assistant B, salary range $105-125, March 23. Library Assistant A, salary range $130-150, March 23. Psychiatric Social Worker Al, sal- ary range $130-150, March 23. Psychiatric Social Worker Al, sal- ary range $140-160, March 23. Occupational Therapist A2, salary range $115-135, March 23. Furniture Draftsman Al (open to men only), salary range $140-160, March 23. Complete announcements on file at the University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information, 201 Mason Hall. Office hours: 9-12 and 2-4. School of Education Seniors: The last opportunity to pay class dues will be Thursday, March 14, from 9 to -3 o'clock, at the School of Education, opposite the elevator on the first floor, or opposite Room 2442 in the University Elementary School, on the second floor. Varsity Glee Club: The following men have been selected for, and are expected to go on the Spring Trip. Whitney, Connor, Gibson, Liima- tainen, Sorenson, George Brown, Ha- beraecker, Landis, J. George, C. Brown, Ossewaarde, Mattern, Fromm; Luxan, Hines, Gell, Mason, Peterson, Langford. Rector, Berger, Penn, Heininger, MacIntosh, Allen, Tobin, Secrist, Scherdt, Kelly, Crowe, 'tittle, Re- pola, Steere, Erke, Vandenberg, Pin- ney, Barber. In addition to these men the fol- lowing will also be expected to at- tend rehearsals for the rest of the, semester. Holt, Strickland, Loessel, Muller, Hardy, Stephenson, Lovell, Shale, Fennimore. Academic Notices Philosophy 34 will meet in 2225 An- gell Hall on Friday. concerts Organ Recital: Palmer Christian, University organist, assisted by Thel- na Newell, violinist, and Helen Titus, pianist, will give a recital this after- noon at 4:15 o'clock, in Hill Audi- torium, to which the general public is invited. Lectures University Lecture: Mr. Homer L. Shantz, Chief of the Division of Wild Life Management in the Forest Serv- ice in Washington, D.C., will lecture on "Vegetation, What It Means" un- der the auspices of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Let- ters, at 4:15 p.m. on Friday, March 15, in the Natural Science Auditor- ium. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: Mr. Louis Un- termeyer, Poet and Anthologist, will lecture on "Poets of the Machine Age" at 8:15 tonight in the Rackham Lecture Hall. This lecture will be under the auspices of the Department of English in the College of Engineer- ing. The public is cordially invited. Mr. Louis Untermeyer schedule: Today: Informal discussion ("Pio- neers and Liberators"). 4:15 p.m Men's Lounge, Rackham Building. University Lecture: "Poets of. the Machine Age." 8:15 p.m. Rackham Lecture Hall. Thursday, March 14. Lecture: "Olk and New England." 4:15 p.m. Rack- ham Amphitheatre. Friday, March 15. Informal dis- cussion ("Old and New England"). 4:15 p.m. East Conference Room: Rackham Building. Pharmacy Lecture: Dr. Frank B. Kirby, Director of Education, Abbott Laboratories, will give an illustratev l ecture on "The Cascara Country" Thursday evening, March 14, at.7:30 Room 151, Chemistry Building. Thi% lecture will be under the auspice: of the Apothecaries Club of the Col- lege of Pharmacy. The public i cordially invited. Dr. Raphael Isaacs will give ar f illustrated lecture entitled "Is Ther A Jewish Type?" at the Hillel Foun . dation on Thursday, March 14, a' 8:00 p.m. The public is cordially in" - vited. 'r. F. W. Gravit will give the fift] s lecture on the Cercle Francais pro Z gram: "La vie romanesque de Tan , crede de Rhan" today at 4:15, Roor neering Seminar for graduate stu- dents today at 4:00 p.m., in Room 3201 E. Engr. Bldg. Mr. Allen Smith will speak on "Application of the Theorem of Corresponding States to Viscosity Measurements." The Pre-Medical Society will meet today at 5:10 p.m. in the East Am- phitheatre of the West Medical Building. All interested pre-medics shuold attend. Phi Sigma business meeting 8:00 tonight in Outing Club Room, Rack- ham Building. Elections of new mem- bers and officers for next year. All actives urged to be present. A.S.M.E. meeting tonight at 7:30 in the Rackham Amphitheatre. A four reel talkie, "The Hottest Flame in the World," describing the de- velopment of atomic hydrogen weld- ing, will be presented. Mr. H. P. Doud, the General Electric welding specialist for the Detroit area, will give a short talk pertaining to the film, and answer all questions. Hiawatha Club will meet tonight at 8:00 in the Union. W. F. Rams- dell of the School of Forestry will talk on "The Possible Uses of Land in the Upper Peninsula." Refreshments. International Center: The program of recorded music to be given at the Center this evening, at 7:30 will be as follows: Mendelssohn's Concerto in E Minor (played by Menuhin) and Schubert's Symphony No. 7 in C Major. Seminar in Oriental R llgions: Confucianism will be discussed by Ang Tsung Liu at the third meeting of the Seminar, Lane Hall, 7:30 to- night. All interested students invit- ed. Open House, Barbour Gymnasium tonight, 7:30-9:30. Special guests in- vited are residents of Adams House and the League Houses in Zone . All students welcome. Fellowship of Reconciliation: Reg- ular meetings to plan pacifist.action will be held Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. in the Lane Hall Conference Room. New projects will be decided upon this week. Mimes meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in the Union. All members must be present. The class in Jewish History will meet at the Hillel Foundation tonight at 7:15. Michigan Dames: Drama group is meeting in the home of Mr s. Carl V. Weller, 11:30 Fair Oaks Parkway, tonight at 8 o'clock. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Coming Events Graduate Students: A meeting will be held Thursday, Mar. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham Building to discuss plans for the formation of a graduate coun- cil. The purpose of the council would be to promote and cordinate gradu- ate activities, both social and edu- cational, and to better relations be- tween graduate students and faculty. Your attendance is necessary to as- sure success. If unable to attend, please indicate your interest by sign- ing list at the Information Desk in the Rackham Building. International Center: At the con- ference of representatives of the fac- ulties of fifteen foreign colleges and universities held last Saturday at the Center, it was decided to continue the discussion of some of the problems in international education of com- mon interest to the group. The sec- ond conference will, therefore, be held this coining Saturday from 2 to 4 at the Center. These conferences are primarily for foreign students in the University who have served on the faculties of schools, colleges, or universities in countries outside the continental United States. Other students interested in educational problems will be welcome to attend, though the discussion is limited to those constituting the conference. President Walter L. Wright, Jr., of Robert College and the Istanbul Wo- men's College, Istanbul, Ttrkey, will bc the speaker at the program at the Center next Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Pi Lambda Theta's guest tea which was to be held this week, will be post- poned till Thursday, March 28. Glider Club will show a 1-hour colored film on "The 1939 National Soaring Contest at Elmira," on Thurs- day, March 14, 7:30 p.m. in Room ;48, West Engineering Building. Members requested to attend and the public is welcome. The Verdi Requiem will be sung Tuesday evening, March 19, at 8:15 L A